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C. GORTON. SEGTIONAL STEAM BOILER.

No. 571,657. Patented Nov. 17 1896.

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CHARLES GORTON, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y.

SECTIONAL STEAM-BOILER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 571,657, dated November 17', 1896.

Application filed May 17, 1895.

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES Gonron, of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sectional Steam- Boilers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the inventi0n,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in sectional boilers and furnaces.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved upright boiler exceedingly simple and durable in construction and constructed and arranged to feed automatically from the side and to produce approximately perfect combustion, reducing the discharge of smoke to a minimum.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide an improved construction of boiler provided with side pockets for the fuel, separated by water-legs, so that coking-chambers are thus formed around and opening into the lire-pot, and thefuel slides down into the firepot as needed without clogging and without the formation of a crust or arch of coked fuel around the fire pot, preventing feeding down of the fuel.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved house-heatingboiler wherein a draft is carried or supplied through the coking-chambers, so that perfect combustion ensues.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved house-heating boiler having side feeding-pockets around the firepot opening down into separate coking-chambers sloping into the fire-pot and each having separate air supply.

A further object of the invention is to provide a house heating boiler with cokingchambers around and extending into the firepot and each having a fuel-supply opening at the top and an air supply at or near the bottom.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved boiler having side fuelpockets with inclined planes extending down Serial No. 549,674. (No model.)

from the pockets to the fire-pot grates and provided with air-openings and water-legs arranged bctween. the planes forming separate coking-chambers.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved boiler having a series of separate vertical sections united to form an open cylinder and conununicating at the top with a water-drum.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved boiler builtup of vertical water-sections segmental in cross-section and united at their longitudinal vertical edges and vertically corrugated at their inner faces and means connecting said sections to cause the water to circulate therethrough.

A further object of the invention is to provide a house-heating boiler with side fuelpockets hinged so that they can be swung to permit ready access to the interior of the firepot when the fire is out.

A further object of the invention is to improve details of construction and arrangements of parts whereby a highly efiicient and greatly improved house-heating boiler is provided.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construct-ion and in combinations and arrangements of parts more fully and particularly pointed out hereinafter.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1. is a perspective of the improved boiler. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. i is a detail view of one of the water-sections.

In the drawings, a is the base of the boiler and furnace, inclosing the ash-pit.

b is a horizontal ring or annulus at the top of the base and ash pit surrounding the grate e.

(Z is the outer casing resting on the base.

The base is provided with the usual doors, draft-openings, &c.

The boiler here shown is built up of a series of vertical sections joined at their vertical edges to form the inelosed cylinder. Each water-section c is formed, preferably, integral with the transversely-convexed outer surface, preferably forming a segment of the circle formed by the sections. The inner surface of each section is vertically fluted or corrugatechas shown, toiincrease vheatingsurface fdr'umand, at their,lowerendsopen into a we I ter ring adirectly over'the fire portion each water-seamen, .withthebottomof this ring by the pipes 0. A; complete c'ireulation; is thus maintained throfighflall the sections andthe drum-ringand tubes in connection with the connections" hereinafter mentioned; Ever ter'section extended down "(see e) to; and restsonthe said top ring/ct the base around the grate, thereby forming dependingwaterlegs. Thesaid legs e are reduced in thickness 1' [so as not to extend, into, the firepot from a I point, about opposite the water-ring. The, alternating,shortsections are also reduced at their'lower ends below this rin gandare bev and strength thereof, andthe verticallongr:

tudiual edgesthereefareformed with flanges Yf, wherebythescetiens can be-suitablyunited. rrteya-e here shown united by tight joints formed of metalplatesonstrips on opposite sidesof the flanges and "bolts beteeuthe L la11gesfi clamping said plateszrigidly to the yfiangesand the sectionstogether; space: is formed between the outer surfaces of the waterasections by the uppercasing it for the I passage otthe; productsof combustionto the water tubesomdepend from the betto-inof the connected eled off at the outer sides of their lower ends opposite the fuel-pockets p, which are arranged opposite each short section and on the outer side of the casing.

A side fuel-pocket is formed between each pair of long water-sections. Each pocket has a top opening and cover and a downwardly and inwardly inclined bottom, and these pockets are herein shown hinged at p at one vertical edge, so that each can be swung laterally from the large opening in the casing covered thereby, hence permitting easy access through a large opening to the interior of the fire-pot. Each pocket is provided with a suitable latch to normally hold it in its proper closed position. Each pocket has an inclined plate q ext-ending down from its lower edge between the Water-legs to the outer edge of the top basel'ing, forming the bottom of a cokingchamberbetween the waterlegs. The ring can be suitably formed to receive the lower ends of these bottom plates q. At its lower portion each plate is formed with air-openings g from the air-space above said base top ring, which has air-supply openings '1" from the ash-pit.

It should be observed that the lower ends of the fingered grates do not extend inwardly beyond the inner circle of the lower ends of the water-legs 6, so that said plates are between the water-legs which form the sides of directly u prareund'the rin g g g Y I V 'alougtheinnerfacesofthe sectionsand f then beneath thetop oftheonter casinginto The lower alternate'waa I grates to i the thecoking chambersl The-said plates are" inclined.downwarrlly aud'iuwa rdly from the eca l-pockets andthe eircle otthe (interfacest notthewaterlegs tdthe circle of the'inner' 3 faces elfthelegsandftosaid ring or flange r are and the grate-opening. I 5 em all quantitiesof' coal-dust, ashes, he, fall T behind the plates itiwould not be injurious sis'an inlet-pipe into enact: the water-legs,

Hewever, "should 1' ands an ontlet-pipefrom"the top steam waterldrum', according asto whether thede I vicei'isus'ed' forsteam orhot-water heating. I

rom'theiirepass tubes', and druni It will be observed that the products of coinbusti on andhe'et, "(t -c; r

the space around the watees'ect-ions. he

:water-eontaining parts, which are thin gram; 3 :row, are thus surrounded by the heat,and the lowerpartsthereofare'direetly ove'r theme.

so that the heat directly impinges against the same. I

All heat is thus utilized.

flhe. boiler sense easily taken apart for";

ease of:transportatiomready repair, andham j dling, particularly thronglijsinall' doors of Private dwellings It will'b'e observed: that thetirel placed in" the side pockets slides down the inclined faster.

perfect combustion "of all the gases evolved. and as the fuel reaches the main grate and fire-pot it is thoroughly incandescent and entirely consumed without waste. The fuel grad ually spreads out around the inner faces of the water-legs as it moves down, and as it moves down slowlyit is consumed without the formation of a crust or ring which will prevent proper feeding.

It should be observed that the heat of the fire in the fire-pot causes the coal to evolve gas and coke in the coking-chambers, and the air passes in through said chambers and mingles with the gases, and the mixture passes across the fire and burns with great heat, consuming all smoke.

It is evident that various slight changes might be made in the forms, constructions, and arrangements of the parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I do not wish to limit myself to the exact construction herein set forth. but consider myself entitled to all such changes as fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination of a base having the top ring with air-openings, a casing supported on said base, the grate in the base within the ring, the boiler comprising the vertical fire as fastas'neededand no" Goalie cokedbetween sewera e on the inclined grates, andairjpasses transvereelv f through the'inclinedgrates and okhi'gbhztm 1 bersthus formedin a ple n titul supply toca'us'e sections secured together and forming an inclosed cylinder, alternate sections extended down and resting on said ring, side fuel-openings between the long sections, inclined grates from said openings between the long sections and resting on said ring and having openings above the air-openings of the ring.

2. An upright boiler comprising the vertical series of Water-sections having the narrow vertical edges whereby the sections are secured together to form a vertical inclosing Wall, the inner and outer surfaces of which are subjected to the heat and products of combustion, each section formed integral with the transversely-rounded outer surface and vertically-corrugated inner surface, and con- CHARLES GORTON.

W'itnesses:

' WILLIAM R. SYME,

TIM J. CnoWLY. 

